Summer and winter tyres are the best combination for all year safety

The best way to battle the challenge of changing weather between the seasons is to have two sets of tyres and change tyres between the summer and the winter season. This will allow you to have the best tyres for each season and the best safety and performance from the tyres. It is always difficult to design a tyre that can manage such a big difference in conditions. This is why you will need to change the tyres. During the summer you will need a much different tyre, a tyre that is performing well on dry and wet asphalt and can manage high speeds and have good cornering properties. The tyre should also have good properties for preventing aquaplaning.

A summer tyre would perform very
poorly in cold and winter conditions as the rubber compound used in summer
tyres is optimized for warm temperatures. This means that at low temperatures,
the rubber would become very hard and would not be able to provide the
necessary grip required during the winter. This is why you would need to change
tyres to a set of winter tyres. Winter tyres have a
completely different rubber composition. The composition is optimized for cold
weathers, so that they will stay soft and able to comply with the road surface
for optimal grip.

With winter tyres you can also choose if you want to have
studded or non-studded tyres. The studded have
metal studs protruding from the tread to ensure good grip. This will be the
best option for icy surfaces. For the non-studded tyres, they use a unique
tread design to create the grip on ice, which give you still good grip, but not
as good as with the steep studs. When it comes to snow, both these tyres will
perform good, except on tightly packed snow, which becomes almost like ice and
here again the studded will be better.

This is the best option for making sure that you will stay
safe all year round. The main challenge will be when to actually make the
change. With studded tyres you often have restriction on the period that they
can be used, but you want to make sure that you have them mounted on your car
before the winter weather arrives, as it is not safe to drive without them on
your car.